DT card for Crafty Sentiments: Anything goes

Good Morning all! I hope you can see from the banner above that Crafty Sentiments are in the middle of a new release - there are 8 fabulous images and they're all being previewed on the Crafty Sentiments Inspiration Blog over the next few days here. You should check them out - and why not become a follower of the site at the same time - when the number of followers reaches 200 there will be a prize for two lucky commenters.

Anyway - onto today - and yes I can shout it from the rooftops - I am no longer just a GDT for Crafty Sentiments - they've took me on to their design team proper and I'm now one happy bunny - thanks guys!!!!!

Okay - even more excitement - the new challenge over at craftysentiments this week is everybody's favourite - Anything goes - but if you use a Crafty Sentiments image your name will go into the draw three times! So get those stamps/digis out old and new and give yourself an extra couple of chances to win.

Here's my card which is for my beautiful Princess Penny who will be 5 very soon:

The image I have used is called Sweet Treasures and since Penny and Lucy both love Jake and the neverland pirates and peter pan and captain hook - it seems an appropriate image to choose. The card is made from Centura Pearl card from Crafters Companion that I have cut with my trusty Go Kreate Dies - the picture is made from a felt sandy beach and tree trunk, Funky foam tree top made using Sheena Douglass pine stamp and of course the beautiful Sweet Treasures who has been coloured with promarkers. You can find the image here.

I'd like to enter Penny's card into the following challenges:
simonsaysstampschallenge: Anything goes
totallypapercrafts Make your own embellies
allsortschallenge: Cute
kraftyhandschallenge: Spring
pinandtack: Anything goes
craftybloggersnetwork: Anything goes
songbirdchallenges: Hopelessly Devoted - to my daughter!
artisticinspirationscrafts: Anything goes.


That's all for today - on a sad note can I just say rest in peace to my neighbour Doris who left us yesterday evening - she was such a lovely lady and we'll miss her loads. And she would have been 91 in two weeks time. Bless her.

Big Hugs Rachel xx

DT Post for Whoopsi Daisy: Ribbon and /or lace

Morning all - back again! I've got my second posting of the day for a new venture for me onto the team at Whoopsi Daisy! The new challenge starting there has the theme of Ribbon and/or lace. You can use any image to enter but if you use a Whoopsi daisy image you get a better prize if you are lucky enough to be drawn from the random number generator.

The image I've used comes from sheet 35.

The image is coloured with promarkers and cut out into a circle using a spellbinder die - then I've added red and white flowers plus three pins and lace.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

2sisterschallengeblog: red white and pink
totallygorjuss: Anything goes plus lace
sandyscraftycreations: Happy Birthday
pennyschallenges: One for the girls
simonsaysstampschallenge: anything goes

That's all folks - thanks for visiting and I hope you have a fabulous Monday!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx

SALS sketch 32

Good morning all! I hope you are happy this Monday morning - I'm scheduling this post for early as I've got two to do today - a bit of bad planning I'm afraid!

Over at Seems a little Sketchy there is a new challenge starting with a brand new sketch - the sponsor this time are Sweet and Sassy. Check out the details here.

The sketch is here

I've used an image by Sweet and Sassy called the Key to Coco's heart - I've turned it into an anniversary card but it could so easily have been a valentines - its all about lurvvvvvvvvve!!!

Isn't it just a sweetie pie of an image? I've used a black base card and added red dotti papers from bazzil basics - the image is coloured with promarkers and I've distressed around the edges with barn door DI. Then I've added the bow, buttons and flowers and sentiment!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

panpasteluk: animals
glitternsparklechallengeblog: Love/valentines
ribbongirls: love you/valentines
disdigidesignschallenge: Love/valentines
craftyribbonschallenge AG with ribbons
Docrafts cardmakers challengedocraftsblog: Buttons

Back later with another post - hope you have a fabulous day and thanks for visiting!

Hugs

Rachel xx

spring wedding

Good morning lovelies - I hope you are fine and well and enjoying the weekend. We had a fabulous day yesterday - my car got fixed - new brake pads and discs - and not too bad a price - then after lunch we took the girls on a 3 and a half mile circular cycle route with a park just over half way - it was just glorious in the sunshine we had yesterday - really felt as though Spring was close! Lets hope so eh?

Today I've got a card I made from one of the recent LOTV releases - I just had to have this stamp as when on the LOTV ideas to inspire site - or was it facebook? - they asked for ideas of images that we the public would want - this is the one I said I wanted - I know lots of others would have said the same thing but it still feels a bit special - anyway - here's my card!

I've used some papers free from a magazine a long time ago and a card blank from kanban - a normal round card that I've turned into an easel. I've also used my circular grand dies from spellbinders - the two smallest sizes. The stamped image has been coloured with promarkers and I've added DI boken china around the image outside. The flowers are WOC. As I mentioned the stamp is LOTV and the sentiment is too.

I'd like to enter this for the following challenges:

sweetstampinchallengeblog: Love is all around
craftycalendarchallenge: Love and marriage
cardcrafterscircle: Springtime
ladybugcrafts: Valentines/Love
craftycatzweeklychallenge: Not square
LLFliliofthevalleythursdaychallenge: Not square
ilovepromarkers: Love is in the air

Hope you have a fab Sunday and thanks for dropping by - I'm taking the girls to a swimming party today - I'll take my craft bag with me - lots of images to colour up! Hope to see you again soon!

Love and hugs

Rachel xx

Christmas wine buffs

Morning all - a happy Saturday to you! I'm scheduling this post as I have to take my poor car into the garage this morning - sounds like the brakes are not happy - I'm just hoping they can sort it there and then as I don't want to miss my planned trip to Manchester for the craft show  on Thursday!!!!

Well a few weeks ago I was lucky enough to win the wine buffs CD Rom on CHNCcraftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge - thanks Hazel!!  and here is the first card I've made using it - oh and a small money wallet - but that really was just a case of click, print cut! CD crafting is not something I tend to do much of - increasingly I prefer to get inky and messy and have fun - but its a great CD with some fab fun images on it.

I've used the sketch from christmas cards with sketches.

 I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
christmaschallenges with sketches: sketch
abcchristmaschallenge: B is for Boys
cutecardthursday: a different corner
sparklesforumchristmaschallenge: Anything goes
CHNCcraftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2: february extra challenge

Nothing much else planned for this weekend although my chipmunks have a swimming party to go to on Sunday! Hope you have a fun day and thanks for visiting!

Hugs

Rachel x

DT post for CCAYR: red and white, hearts and flowers

Hello there! Sorry for the lateness of this post! But just to let you know that there's a new challenge starting at christmascardsallyearround for the month of February. The theme is red and white, hearts and flowers and this is what I did.

its a very simple card using a stamp from Indigo blu and flowers from WOC - finally I have used an X Cut heart die and a go kreate die to cut the heart and card shape respectively.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
CHNCcraftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2: extra February challenge
deliciousdoodleschallenge: Red
Winter wonderlandchristmasblogchallenge: Monochrome - I've got some flower leaves and stamens on there that don't work but I hope its okay!
sparklesforumchristmaschallenge: Anything Goes


The challenge is sponsored by twiddleybitz and they have donated some fabulous diecuts as the prize. Check out the challenge here for a picture! The challenge lasts for the month of February so you've got plenty of time to get your thinking caps on - why not have a go?

Hope you've had a good Friday! Thanks for visiting!

Hugs

Rachel xx

Tag time!

Hello there - I hope you are feeling well? My girls are off on a school trip today to Blackpool Zoo - I hope they have a good time - the weather's not looking very good but I'm sure they'll have fun anyway.

Well today I've made a tag - inspired by the challenge over at the Sunday stampers - and needing to get my Stampers Anonymous stamps played with a little more I had a play and this is what I came up with.

So I used weathered wood distress stain on the back ground the added some dylusions london blue spray ontop of a cheicken wire stencil. When dry I added tumbled glass and chipped sapphire distress inks then stamped the two images. The letters are grunge board and they were coloured with distress inks. Finally I added a couple of pieces of ideaology - then threaded the twine. Its fairly plain - but I like it! Hope you do too! Best of all I think my hubby will - when its attached to a bottle of something for valentines!

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

LEJlejdesignschallengeblog: Use two stamped images
Sunday Stamperpinkleart: Wishing well
Bearly Minebearlymine-challenges: Hearts Galore
AGCBanythingchallenge: Monochrome.

Hope to see you again soon and thanks for visiting today! Hugs

Rachel xx